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SF:’58: The Year’s Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Judith Merril (Gnome Press, July 1958, $3.50, 255pp, hc, an, cover by W. I. Van der Poel, Jr.) 9 · Introduction · Judith Merril · in 11 · Let’s Be Frank · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Science Fantasy #23, 1957 21 · The Fly · George Langelaan · nv Playboy June 1957 58 · Let’s Get Together [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Infinity Science Fiction February 1957 77 · The Wonder Horse · George Byram · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1957 93 · You Know Willie · Theodore R. Cogswell · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1957 98 · Near Miss · Henry Kuttner · ss 114 · Game Preserve · Rog Phillips · ss If October 1957 131 · Now Let Us Sleep · Avram Davidson · ss Venture Science Fiction September 1957 145 · Wilderness [People] · Zenna Henderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1957 190 · Flying High · Eugène Ionesco · ss Mademoiselle October 1957 200 · The Edge of the Sea · Algis Budrys · ss Venture Science Fiction March 1958 221 · How Near Is the Moon? · Judith Merril · ar 226 · Transition—from Fantasy to Science · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 1957 231 · Sputnik: One Reason Why We Lost · G. Harry Stine · ar The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1958 238 · Going Up! · Dennis Driscoll · ar from “Space Travel”, Boys’ Life May 1957 243 · Where Do We Go from Here? · Willy Ley · ar 248 · Science Fiction Still Leads Science Fact · Anthony Boucher · ar The New York Times December 1 1957 251 · The Year’s S-F: A Summary · Judith Merril · ar 251 · The Year’s S-F: Honorable Mentions · Judith Merril · ms

SF:’59: The Year’s Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy ed. Judith Merril (Gnome Press, June 1959, $3.50, 256pp, hc, an, cover by W. I. Van der Poel) 8 · Introduction · Judith Merril · in 9 · Pelt · Carol Emshwiller · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1958 20 · Triggerman · J. F. Bone · ss Astounding Science Fiction December 1958 32 · The Prize of Peril · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1958 52 · Hickory, Dickory, Kerouac · Richard Gehman · ss Playboy March 1958, as by Martin Scott 55 · The Yellow Pill · Rog Phillips · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1958 69 · River of Riches · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 8 1958 83 · Satellite Passage · Theodore L. Thomas · ss If December 1958 94 · Casey Agonistes · Richard M. McKenna · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958 106 · Space-Time for Springers [Gummitch] · Fritz Leiber · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1958 119 · Or All the Seas with Oysters · Avram Davidson · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1958 130 · Ten-Storey Jigsaw · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Nebula Science Fiction #26, 1958 139 · Fresh Guy · E. C. Tubb · ss Science Fantasy #29, June 1958 155 · The Beautiful Things · Arthur Zirul · ss Fantastic Universe May 1958 160 · The Comedian’s Children · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Venture Science Fiction May 1958 206 · The Short-Short Story of Mankind · John Steinbeck · ss Lilliput November 1955, as “We’re Holding Our Own” 212 · From Science Fiction to Science Fact: The Universe · [uncredited] · ar 213 · Man in Space · Daniel Lang · ar The New Yorker November 15 1958 234 · Rockets to Where? · Judith Merril · ar 239 · The Thunder-Thieves · Isaac Asimov · pm Future Science Fiction #39, October 1958, as “It’s All How You Look at It” 240 · Afterword to “The Thunder-Thieves” · Isaac Asimov · as 248 · The Year’s S-F: A Summary · Judith Merril · ar

Selections from Beyond Human Ken ed. Judith Merril (Pennant, June 1954, P56, 25¢, 248pp, pb, an, cover by Charles Binger)     Reprints 12 of the 21 stories in the Random House (1952) edition. 1 · The House Dutiful · William Tenn · ss Astounding Science Fiction April 1948 22 · Pride · Malcolm Jameson · ss Astounding Science-Fiction September 1942 39 · The Glass Eye · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction March 1949 49 · Solar Plexus · James Blish · ss Astonishing Stories September 1941 62 · Our Fair City · Robert A. Heinlein · nv Weird Tales January 1949 82 · The Compleat Werewolf [Fergus O’Breen] · Anthony Boucher · na Unknown Worlds April 1942 137 · The Wabbler · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Science-Fiction October 1942 147 · The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles · Idris Seabright · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951 153 · What Have I Done? · Mark Clifton · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1952 172 · Socrates · John Christopher · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1951 187 · Good-Bye, Ilha! · Laurence Manning · ss Beyond Human Ken ed. Judith Merril, Random House, 1952 198 · The Perfect Host · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Weird Tales November 1948

7th Annual Edition: The Year’s Best S-F ed. Judith Merril (Dell, June 1963, 9773, 75¢, 399pp, pb, an, cover by Brillhart)     Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1962 as The 7th Annual of the Year’s Best S-F) SF anthology.

The 7th Annual of the Year’s Best S-F ed. Judith Merril (Simon & Schuster, December 1962, $4.50, 399pp, hc, an, cover by Nick Musi) 11 · Oneiromachia · Conrad Aiken · pm The Atlantic Monthly October 1961 12 · A Passage from the Stars · Kaatje Hurlbut · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1961 26 · Among the Dangs · George P. Elliott · ex Esquire June 1958 54 · Immediately Yours · Robert Beverly Hale · ss Mademoiselle November 1961 72 · Parky · David Rome · ss Science Fantasy #48, 1961 80 · The Fastest Gun Dead [Hiram Pertwee] · Julian F. Grow · ss If March 1961 92 · All the Tea in China · R. Bretnor · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1961 103 · The Portobello Road · Muriel Spark · nv Winter’s Tales 2, Macmillan, 1956 126 · Ottmar Balleau x 2 · George Bamber · ss Rogue March 1961 138 · The Dandelion Girl · Robert F. Young · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 1 1961 153 · Nightmare in Time · Fredric Brown · vi The Dude May 1961 155 · Looking Backward · Jules Feiffer · ct Hall Syndicate, December 1961 156 · Three Prologues and an Epilogue · John Dos Passos · pm Audit Spring 1961 163 · It Becomes Necessary · Ward Moore · ss The Gent October 1961, as “The Cold Peace” 175 · My Trial as a War Criminal · Leo Szilard · ss University of Chicago Law Review Fall 1949 185 · A Prize for Edie · J. F. Bone · ss Analog Science Fact—Fiction April 1961 190 · Freedom · Mack Reynolds · nv Analog Science Fact—Fiction February 1961 219 · High Barbary · Lawrence Durrell · ss Mademoiselle September 1961 224 · The Quaker Cannon · Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth · nv Analog Science Fact—Fiction August 1961 251 · Quake, Quake, Quake · Paul Dehn · pm 1961; illustrated by Edward Gorey 254 · Judas Bomb · Kit Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1961 264 · A Small Miracle of Fishhooks and Straight Pins · David R. Bunch · vi Fantastic Stories of Imagination June 1961 267 · The Tunnel Ahead · Alice Glaser · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1961 276 · Extraterrestrial Trilogue on Terran Self-Destruction · Sheri Eberhart · pm Galaxy Magazine August 1961 279 · The Countdown · John Haase · ss The New Yorker October 7 1961 288 · The Beat Cluster · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Magazine October 1961 303 · In Tomorrow’s Little Black Bag · James Blish · ar (r) 310 · The Ship Who Sang [Brainship] · Anne McCaffrey · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1961 331 · A Planet Named Shayol [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · nv Galaxy Magazine October 1961 371 · The Asteroids, 2194 [Troons] · John Wyndham · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #100, November 1960, as “The Emptiness of Space” 387 · The Long Night · Ray Russell · ss Rogue April 1961, as “The Exploits of Argo” 389 · To an Astronaut Dying Young · Maxine W. Kumin · pm The Atlantic Monthly December 1961 391 · Summation: S-F, 1961 · Judith Merril · ms (r) 393 · Books · Anthony Boucher · bi 396 · Honorable Mentions · [uncredited] · ms

Shot in the Dark ed. Judith Merril (Bantam, January 1950, 751, 25¢, 310pp, pb, an, cover by Herman E. Bischoff) 1 · The Sky Was Full of Ships · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1947 15 · The Halfling · Leigh Brackett · nv Astonishing Stories February 1943 40 · Knock · Fredric Brown · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1948 53 · Voices in the Dust of Annan · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 13 1947 70 · A Hitch in Time · James MacCreigh · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1947 80 · Gentlemen, Be Seated! · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Argosy May 1948 92 · Nightmare Number Three · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm The New Yorker July 27 1935 95 · The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897 109 · The Dark Angel · Lewis Padgett · ss Startling Stories March 1946, as by Henry Kuttner 126 · Mr. Lupescu · Anthony Boucher · ss Weird Tales September 1945 132 · The Day of the Deepies · Murray Leinster · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries October 1947 151 · The Shadow and the Flash · Jack London · ss The Bookman June 1903 169 · Spokesman for Terra · Hugh Raymond · ss Stirring Science Stories June 1941 174 · He Was Asking After You · Margery Allingham · ss The (London) Evening News July 29 1936 183 · Strange Playfellow [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Stories September 1940 198 · Brooklyn Project · William Tenn · ss Planet Stories Fall 1948 211 · Interview with a Lemming · James Thurber · vi PM March 3 1941 213 · Mars Is Heaven! [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fall 1948 236 · Who Is Charles Avison? · Edison Tesla Marshall · ss The Argosy April 1916 252 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845 264 · The Bronze Parrot · R. Austin Freeman · ss The Times Red Cross Story Book, Hodder & Stoughton, 1915 281 · Life on the Moon · Alexander Samalman · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1946 290 · Blunder · Philip Wylie · ss Collier’s January 12 1946

The 6th Annual of the Year’s Best S-F ed. Judith Merril (Simon & Schuster, 1961, $3.95, 384pp, hc, an, cover by H. Lawrence Hoffman) 8 · Introduction · Judith Merril · in 9 · Double, Double, Toil and Trouble · Holley Cantine · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1960 26 · The Never-Ending Penny · Bernard Wolfe · nv Playboy September 1960 41 · The Fellow Who Married the Maxill Girl · Ward Moore · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1960 69 · Something Invented Me · R. C. Phelan · ss The Reporter October 1960 79 · A Sigh for Cybernetics · Felicia Lamport · pm Harper’s Magazine January 1961 80 · Obvious! · Michael ffolkes · ct Punch October 3 1960 81 · I Remember Babylon · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy May 1960 93 · The Lagging Profession [Saddle & Spardleton] · Leonard Lockhard (by Theodore L. Thomas) · ss Analog Science Fact—Fiction January 1961 105 · The Distortion · Shel Silverstein · ct Playboy May 1960 109 · Report on the Nature of the Lunar Surface · John Brunner · vi Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction August 1960 112 · J.G. · Roger Price · ex from J.G. the Upright Ape, Lyle Stuart, 1960 138 · Chief · Henry Slesar · vi Playboy June 1960 139 · Psalm · Lester del Rey · pp Fantastic Universe March 1960, as “untitled (“The AEC Is My Shepherd…”)” 140 · The Large Ant · Howard Fast · ss Fantastic Universe February 1960 150 · A Rose by Other Name… · Christopher Anvil · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1960 160 · Enchantment · Elizabeth Emmett · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 1 1960 175 · Thiotimoline and the Space Age [Thiotimoline] · Isaac Asimov · fa Analog Science Fact—Fiction October 1960 184 · Beach Scene · Marshall King · ss Galaxy Magazine October 1960 199 · Creature of the Snows · William Sambrot · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 29 1960 211 · Abominable · Fredric Brown · vi The Dude March 1960 214 · The Man on Top · Reginald Bretnor · ss Esquire October 1951 219 · David’s Daddy · Rosel George Brown · ss Fantastic Science Fiction Stories June 1960 231 · The Thinkers · Walt Kelly · ct Hall Syndicate, January 1961 233 · Something Bright · Zenna Henderson · ss Galaxy Magazine February 1960 250 · In the House, Another · Joseph Whitehill · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1960 254 · A Serious Search for Weird Worlds · Ray Bradbury · ar Life October 24 1960 268 · Ed Lear Wasn’t So Crazy! · Hilbert Schenck · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1960 269 · Instructor · Thelwell · ct Punch January 1961 270 · The Brotherhood of Keepers · Dean McLaughlin · nv Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction July 1960 323 · Hemingway in Space · Kingsley Amis · ss Punch December 21 1960 329 · Mine Own Ways · Richard M. McKenna · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1960 346 · Old Hundredth · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #100, November 1960 359 · Radiation Blues · Theodore R. Cogswell · pm Dimensions #15, August/October 1954 361 · Blowup Blues · Theodore R. Cogswell · sg 1960 363 · Ballad of the Shoshonu · Gordon R. Dickson · sg 365 · How to Think a Science Fiction Story · G. Harry Stine · ar Analog Science Fact—Fiction May 1961, as “Science Fiction Is Too Conservative” 374 · The Year in S-F · Judith Merril · ar 378 · S-F Books—1960 · Anthony Boucher · ar 381 · Honorable Mentions · Judith Merril · ms

The Space-Time Journal ed. Judith Merril (Panther, November 1972, 586-03837-X, 30p, 206pp, pb, an)     Reprints 21 of the 28 stories and poems from England Swings SF (Doubleday, 1968). 9 · The Island · Roger Jones · ss Science Fantasy #69, January/February 1965 19 · Ne Déjà Vu Pas · Josephine Saxton · ss 1967 29 · Signals · John Calder · ss New Worlds SF #166, 1966 35 · Saint 505 · John Clark · ss New Worlds SF #170, 1967 39 · The Singular Quest of Martin Borg · George Collyn · nv New Worlds SF #147, February 1965 58 · The First Gorilla on the Moon · Bill Butler · pm England Swings SF ed. Judith Merril, Doubleday, 1968 60 · Blastoff · Kyril Bonfiglioli · ss 1964 64 · You and Me and the Continuum · J. G. Ballard · ss Impulse March 1966 71 · Who’s in There with Me? · Daphne Castell · ss England Swings SF ed. Judith Merril, Doubleday, 1968 86 · Manscarer · Keith Roberts · nv New Writings in S-F 7 ed. John Carnell, Dobson, 1966 107 · The Silver Needle · George MacBeth · pm New Worlds SF #170, 1967 115 · The Baked Bean Factory · Michael Butterworth · ss New Worlds #176, October 1967 120 · The Hall of Machines · Langdon Jones · ss New Worlds #180, March 1968 132 · The Run · Chris Priest · ss Impulse May 1966 140 · Still Trajectories [Colin Charteris] · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds #175, September 1967 158 · Sun Push · Graham M. Hall · ss New Worlds SF #170, 1967 172 · Report on a Supermarket · Michael Hamburger · pm (r) 175 · Dr. Gelabius · Hilary Bailey · vi New Worlds #181, April 1968 178 · Psychosmosis · David I. Masson · ss New Worlds SF #160, March 1966 188 · The Idea of Entropy at Maenporth Beach · Peter Redgrove · pm 1967 190 · Same Autumn in a Different Park · Peter Tate · ss Fantastic September 1967

The 10th Annual Edition: The Year’s Best SF ed. Judith Merril (Delacorte, 1965, $4.95, 400pp, hc, an, cover by G. Ziel) 9 · Automatic Tiger · Kit Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1964 25 · The Carson Effect · Richard Wilson · ss Worlds of Tomorrow November 1964 41 · The Shining Ones · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy August 1964 60 · Pacifist · Mack Reynolds · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1964 80 · The New Encyclopaedist · Stephen Becker · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1964 87 · The Legend of Joe Lee · John D. MacDonald · ss Cosmopolitan October 1964 100 · Gas Mask · James D. Houston · ss Nugget 1964 111 · A Sinister Metamorphosis · Russell Baker · ss The New York Times 1965 114 · Sonny · Rick Raphael · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction April 1963 132 · The Last Secret Weapon of the Third Reich · Josef Nesvadba · ss Vampires Ltd. by Josef Nesvadba, A. Vanous, 1964 translated from the Czech (“Poslední tajná zbran Tretí ríše”, 1962). 146 · Descending · Thomas M. Disch · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination July 1964 159 · Decadence · Romain Gary; translated by Richard Howard · ss Saga 1964 translated from the French (“Décadence”, Gloire à nos illustres pionniers, Gallimard, 1962). 177 · Be of Good Cheer · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Magazine October 1964 182 · It Could Be You · Frank Roberts · ss Coast to Coast by Frank Roberts, Sydney, Australia, 1964 192 · A Benefactor of Humanity · James T. Farrell · ss The Socialist Call 1958 198 · Synchromocracy · Hap Cawood · ss Motive November 1964 200 · The Search · Bruce Simonds · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1964 207 · The Pirokin Effect · Larry Eisenberg · ss Amazing Stories June 1964 211 · The Twerlik · Jack Sharkey · ss Worlds of Tomorrow June 1964 221 · A Rose for Ecclesiastes · Roger Zelazny · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1963 _ · Braxa · Roger Zelazny · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1963 261 · The Terminal Beach · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #140, March 1964 284 · Problem Child · Arthur Porges · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction April 1964 290 · The Wonderful Dog Suit · Donald Hall · ss The Carleton Miscellany 1964 293 · The Mathenauts · Norman Kagan · nv If July 1964 310 · Family Portrait · Morgan Kent · vi Fantastic Stories of Imagination August 1964 314 · A Red Egg · José Maria Gironella; translated by Terry Broch Fontseré · ss 1964 326 · The Power of Positive Thinking · M. E. White · ss New Directions #18, 1964 336 · A Living Doll · Robert Wallace · ar Harper’s Magazine January 1964 340 · Training Talk · David R. Bunch · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination March 1964 345 · A Miracle Too Many · Philip H. Smith & Alan E. Nourse · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1964 359 · The Last Lonely Man · John Brunner · ss New Worlds SF #142, May/June 1964 377 · The Man Who Found Proteus · Robert H. Rohrer, Jr. · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination November 1964 383 · Yachid and Yechida · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss Short Friday and Other Stories by Isaac B. Singer, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1964 translated from the Yiddish (“Yahid un Yehidah”, Di goldene keyt #49, 1964). 392 · Summation · Judith Merril · ms 394 · Honorable Mentions · Judith Merril · ms